What Kind of Legacy Will You Leave Behind?

What is your legacy? It's the footprints of our lives that we leave behind. No matter what profession, industry or company I am working for I want to leave behind a good impression; a great legacy. In my personal life with family and friends it is the same. I would love to leave a nice legacy behind so I am remembered in a good way. Gee, I wonder why it is not advisable to leave a "bad taste" in another's mouth and subsequently burn the bridges, so to speak. If it really has come to that point it has become a situation of moral failure.

When I die NO ONE is going to remember me for my computer skills in Photoshop and the way I can blur out the crows feet at the corner of my eyes by using the blur tool. NO ONE is going to remember me for how many transactions I have had in my life or how good a blog I had. They are going to remember me for the kind of person I was. The demeanor I carried. The soul I had.

The quality of my relationships with other people is what I will be remembered for and the most important part of MY LEGACY will be what my children will carry on from the qualities that came from me. The morals, values and the sense to be REAL. This is being honest with myself.

All the money, fame and fortune will not give me the reward I feel inside for the demons I have conquered in my life and the obstacles overcome; to become the person I am today.  

So. Being honest with myself and with all of you. Why am I here posting my heart away on Active Rain? Hmmm....

• Someone will use something from what I am writing about (whatever you can't use...just throw it away)
• I will gain more insight from something I am reading (regardless what the subject is about, I am learning)
• I achieved the knowing of what "MY VOICE" was and when it arrived was when I no longer wanted to "be like" the other bloggers. It happened when I realized that it had to come from me and writing from the inside to out.
• Compassion to help others who are willing to ask for it.
• To read even the negative things. WHY? Because it keeps me in check with me and the learning lesson from the negative stuff that gets thrown in front of me is what I DON'T want to be like.
• Help a new member if they need it. (Need a little kick start, inspiration or just a friendly ear? I'm here)
• And also for my business. Yes, all these posts go into the Google. (I am even found when looking for Hawaiian Superstitions.) 
• I want the public, members, consumers to know who I AM. (I work with client's who "click" with me. I can afford to have that choice....if not, I pass or share with another agent. I want members who "click" with me. Why would I want to associate with the neggies?)
• I am here to SOCIALIZE too!  Why? This is the best thing since Real Estate Conventions! We mingle, we read, we talk and we find out what kinds of personalities are out there. (I love people. I love positive people. If I didn't love positive people I would be stuck in the past feeding off all the neggies of yesteryear. ....no wonder I was so messed up back then!
• And most of all...for the friends I have made along the way.

I have learned more about myself and others from the interacting with others here on Active Rain. Do I boost the Network and glorify it? Of course! Some people fail to remember what was given to them for nothing. A chance to network and mingle with our peers. It's sad that some are ungrateful and utilize it to create havoc.

So, The Legacy that I will leave behind on Active Rain (and I'm saying this in case I live to 80 and still blogging on Active Rain) will be one of a positive nature. I am the woman who respected others and had good relationships with others here. Who gave hope to those who thought the little bit of negativity was not worth hanging around. Who just wants to be detached from the "MALCONTENTS". Who made REAL friends.

MY LEGACY IS ALL ABOUT THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS I HAVE WITH OTHERS (and that I have already passed to my children).                      

  And.....   Without that quality, tell me.....what is a Professional worth?

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Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman's Mililani Hawaii Real Estate Blog 2007